Garbage Patch

The Garbage Patch Page

Welcome. If you’re here, perhaps you saw my story in Sierra magazine about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Or maybe you found the YouTube video. Peruse the links below to learn more about the groups I covered in the story, as well as others who are working to solve the problem of ocean trash.

Read the Story

Seabirds are starving with bellies full of trash. Fur seals in New Zealand poop shards of yellow and blue. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas. Now the bad news: Plastic never goes away. The fix? Cut it off at the source. Read more…